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On Saturday, September 22, the New York City Fire Museum will present “Fire Museum Family Day,” featuring an antique hand-pumped fire engine muster -- teams from all over the northeast will compete to pump the furthest stream of water from their engines. With the help of Fire Department mascot “Hot Dog,” the FDNY Fire Safety Unit will be distributing fire safety materials to the public, and fire fighters will be conducting kids’ fire safety tours in the Museum’s apartment simulation. In conjunction with National Preparedness Month, the Office of Emergency Management and FDNY instructors will be conducting Fire Extinguisher Participatory Demonstrations where individuals will learn how to use a real fire extinguisher to put out a live fire. OEM will also be distributing important emergency preparedness information for kids and adults. Inside the Museum, there will be special exhibits of fire memorabilia from area collectors and historical organizations. The Museum is located in Hudson Square, west of SoHo. Spring Street will be closed between Hudson and Varick Streets from 10 AM to 5 PM. All outdoor activities are free and open to the public and will take place rain or shine. The antique fire-engine muster, presented by the New England States Veteran Fireman's League, will be pumping from 12 until 4 PM. The Fire Museum will be open for visitors; admission is $8 for adults and $5 for children, seniors and college students with ID. WHO: New York City Fire Museum, FDNY, OEM, New England States Veteran Fireman's League WHAT: New York City Fire Museum Family Safety Day WHERE: New York City Fire Museum, 278 Spring Street – Between Hudson and Varick Streets WHEN: Saturday, September 22, 2012 10AM -5PM; Fire engine pumping competition from 12-4PM CONTACT: Damon Campagna, Executive Director, 212-691-1303 x15, dcampagna@nycfiremuseum.org

Time exposure photo taken by New City Fire Chief Ken Flynn of the fire as viewed from Iona Island.

If you haven't reserved your free tickets to visit the site, you really should. The memorial grounds are breathtaking ! I believe the earliest you can get tickets is December now. Photos from my visit on 9/16/11: http://nyack.patch.com/articles/photos-my-visit-to-national-911-memorial

Poughkeepsie is relatively a major city up that way and has alot of firefighting history so there are usually going to be lots of bidders on stuff from there. I have seen some nice old Poughkeepsie badges with the bee hive on it over the years. Can't even touch FDNY/Pre FDNY badges unless you have extremely deep pockets. It's definitely an expensive hobby.

Great find. I am an eBay-a-holic myself. Collect just about anything from Rockland County. I started blogging for the Rockland Patch's about some of my finds. Here is an incredible rescent find. Worth the read ! http://nyack.patch.com/blog_posts/preserving-firefighting-history-one-piece-at-a-time

http://nyack.patch.com/articles/fire-truck-catches-fire-in-nyack

Unfortunately one of West Harrison's firetrucks, possibly E.265, caught fire while out being road tested by Ruscon on Birchwood Ave in Upper Nyack at 1542 hours. It appears that the truck is a total loss. http://westharrisonfd.org/page/17c2i/Apparatus.html

Date: 07/12/11 Time: 1542 hours Location: 204 Birchwood Avenue (Upper Nyack) Frequency: 46.180 Units Operating: Nyack FD, Valley Cottage FD, Clarkstown PD Weather Conditions: Sunny/Hot Description Of Incident: 10-Command reports a fully involved West Harrison firetruck Reporters: RocklandFires Writer: RocklandFires

Photo of L.46 shortly after it was delivered:

2 friends of mine are out chasing right now. They were in Joplin getting gas when the tornado struck. The tornado was rain wrapped and impossible to see. Here is a video of them high tailing it out of town. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ux_o4BqSrg&feature=youtu.be I will be out chasing from June 5th-10th. Wish me luck !

You could have at least given me credit Southend ! ; )

Sorry photos aren't better but it was very overcast and the rig was sandwiched between a dump truck & Verona, NJ's new KME. Mamaroneck E.37 on the left & Verona, NJ E.14 on the right

Photos from: http://www.onlyredtrucks.com/